---
type: "Bill"
title: "Horse racing."
description: "Horse racing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2048"
citation: "California AB 2048 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Horse racing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241cb940-fe57-4e80-ab37-aa1d3e73826a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048"
source_hash: "a6d095b8a94d1a474921816b4c42688c417efd487e22e9a7cc9c75d25c6d1c5e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2048 (20072008) — Horse racing.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048&version=20070AB204899INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048&version=20070AB204898AMD)
3. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048&version=20070AB204897AMD)
4. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048&version=20070AB204895CHP)
5. **AB2048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048)
6. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2048&version=20070AB204896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2048 Silva By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2048 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2048 SILVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5138.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 5057.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6692.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/241cb940-fe57-4e80-ab37-aa1d3e73826a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).